Skills and Expertise
- Board / board committees leadership / other listed roles
- CLP market experience
- Executive leadership
- Related industry / global experience
- Professional and risk & compliance
- Sustainability
Titles, Qualifications and Education
- Officer of the Order of Australia
- 1974 Rhodes Scholar, the University of Western Australia
- Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Engineering Science, the University of Oxford
Other Major Offices
- Kirin Holdings Company Ltd. (Independent Non-executive Director)
- JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (Non-executive Chairman (Asia Pacific Advisory Council))
- Lion Pty Ltd. (Non-executive Chairman)
Past Experience
Sir Rod Eddington was the Chief Executive of British Airways plc from 2000 until he retired on 30 September 2005. Prior to joining British Airways plc, Sir Rod Eddington has served as a Director of News Ltd., News Corporation’s principal subsidiary in Australia, from 1998 until 2000, as Chairman of Ansett Holdings Ltd. and as a Director of each of Ansett Australia Ltd. and Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd. from 1997 until 2000. He has maintained a connection with Hong Kong from his previous directorships with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.#, Swire Pacific Ltd.# and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd. (which was privatised by way of a scheme of arrangement on 29 November 2018) during the period from 1988 to 1996.
Sir Rod Eddington was also a Non-executive Director of 21st Century Fox (until March 2019).
+Under the Company’s Articles of Association on retirement and rotation for the re-election of Directors, Directors would typically serve a period of three years since the year of last election or re-election; however at times, depending on the number of Directors on the Board, the term may be for a period of two years.
#The securities of these companies are currently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Latest update: 24 February 2025
